Binibining Pilipinas has finally released the official photos of the confidently beautiful candidates vying to be the country’s next beauty queens.

Out of hundreds of hopefuls, only 40 ladies made the cut.

Who will be the next Rachel Peters, Maxine Medina, or Pia Wurtzbach? We’ll know that in the coming months. As of now, let’s bask in the beauty of these aspiring queens by checking out their first official photoshoot below:

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Also, we've rounded up the ladies who've gotten the highest number of likes (so far) from the post above. Are these trending beauties also your favorites?

Catriona is a Fil-Australian model who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2016. Unfortunately, she only made it to the Top 5 of the Miss World 2016 pageant. The title went to Miss Puerto Rico Stephanie Del Valle.

Vickie Rushton

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Vickie is known for her Pinoy Big Brother: All In stint, where she finished 4th place. Prior to that, she was busy being a beauty queen, and was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011.